ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs (2 volumes)
by Theophrastus (translated By Sir Arthur Hort)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine-/Very Good
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann Ltd., 1980. Two volumes are numbers 70 and 79 in the Loeb Classical Library. Vol. I: xxvii, 475, 8 pages; vol. II: ix, 499, 7 pages. Volume I is a 1968 printing; volume II, 1980. In these 2 volumes (along with a companion work, On the Causes of Plants), the Greek philosopher Theophrastus of Eresus produced the most important botanical work of both the Ancient World and the Middle Ages. Both books are in almost as-new condition. The clean and bright dust jackets have some minor edgewear, with a hint of fraying at head os spine of one dj.. Reprints. Hardcover. Fine-/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2257
- Title
- ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs (2 volumes)
- Author
- Theophrastus (translated By Sir Arthur Hort)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press and William Heinemann Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts and London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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